Rhamnous
Sign in to saveRhamnous (; ), also Ramnous or Rhamnus, was an ancient Greek city in Attica situated on the coast, overlooking the Euboean Strait. Its ruins lie northwest of the modern town of Agia Marina in the municipality of Marathon.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Rhamnous
- Ancient site.native_name
- ῬαμνοῦςΡαμνούς
- Ancient site.image
- 260px
- Ancient site.caption
- View of the site of Rhamnous
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece
- Ancient site.location
- Agia Marina, Attica, Greece
- Ancient site.region
- Attica
- Ancient site.epochs
- Hellenistic
- Ancient site.dependency_of
- Athens
- Ancient site.management
- 2nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.website
- Ramnous
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Roman Period
- The City
- The sanctuary of Nemesis
- Small Temple
- Large Temple
- Statue of Nemesis
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Rhamnous (; ), also Ramnous or Rhamnus, was an ancient Greek city in Attica situated on the coast, overlooking the Euboean Strait. Its ruins lie northwest of the modern town of Agia Marina in the municipality of Marathon.
The site was best known in antiquity for its sanctuary of Nemesis, the implacable avenging goddess, her most important in ancient Greece.